I’m delighted to share with you Episode 2 of the Complex Everyday Conflicts podcast series!
For this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with someone about a conflict they are navigating with a work colleague.
Through our rich, emergent dialogue, many issues came to the surface—that’s right, this series is about complex everyday conflicts.
Our discussion included topics such as:
Work structures and dynamics, how they impact us and our work relationships, and the choices we have when navigating them
The role of neurodiversity and trauma, and how they impact our behaviors and needs
How we often perceive and respond to personalities different from our own, and how these relationships can actually help us grow
The stories we tell ourselves about situations we are in, and how to be with what’s really going on for us and see the choices we have
How our values can both create tension and help us identify various possibilities
Asking for help, and how we can do it with compassion for ourselves and others
I hope listening to this real-life story helps you recognize how these themes might show up in your life, connect to the perspectives and ideas shared, and discover new choices you might consider for yourself.
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I want to continue to share about situations that listeners like you can relate to. In fact, I hope to share an episode next month full of responses to listener questions, hopefully with some stories of my own.
Please leave a comment with any questions you have, or visit tinyurl.com/everydayconflict to learn about sharing your story with me.
Recommended related resources:
Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive by Kristin Neff
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
Episode 2: Workplace Dynamics, Neurodiversity, and Asking for Help